...Patrick Kelly Group Behavior and Processes Paper This paper will be launching a problem-oriented policing (POP)/S.A.R.A. initiative to the scenario area of the low-income housing development, found in Peak’s, Justice Administration: “A new low-income housing development in your community consists of 58 apartments and has become a popular hangout for selling drugs, drinking liquor, and intimidating residents until early morning hours. Gunshots are an occasional occurrence, with 5–10 calls for service in every 24-hour period. Criminals hide guns in the thick overgrowth around the complex, and when approached, they flee through a large open field behind the complex. An adjacent convenience store has become a problem as well, particularly as a magnet for drug dealers. A nearby drug house also contributes to the problem, and a T-shaped alley behind the store provides easy ingress and egress for buyers, both on foot and in vehicles. The lighting is poor (with people frequently shooting out street lights), and pay telephones in the store’s front are used constantly by traffickers. Street people in the area also engage in theft-, drug-, prostitution-, and vandalism-related activities. Additionally, these people sleep on private property, defecate and urinate on public streets, and engage in public drunkenness, graffiti, and littering” (2012, p. 74). The S.A.R.A. process involves scanning, analysis, response, and assessment of the problem. It is a “logical, step-by-step framework...
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...S.A.R.A. Larry Guzman Everest College Policing America Mr. Flores 06/30/14 The S.A.R.A. model is an acronym for a four step method to solving problems. The acronym stands for Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment. Each step has a process to it that helps to solve the problems of the public and the police. Scanning is the first step. When scanning you first start by identifying the problem. Then you would identify the consequences of the problem. Still during the scanning process you then would make a list prioritizing the problems. Broad goal development is the next part of the scanning process. Then you have to confirm that the problem does exist. Next is a time frame of how often that the problem occurs and how long it has taken place. Then finally you would select a problem for closer examination. The second step of the model is analysis. During this step you identify and understand the events and conditions that proceed and accompany the problem. Then the data that is relevant to the problem. Then research the problem type and what is known about it. The next part of the process is to take an inventory of how the problem is addressed. Also, to find the strengths and limitations of the current response. Then narrowing the scope to be as specific as possible is the next part of the process. Next is identifying resources that would be of assistance to help develop a deeper understanding of the problem. Then finally you develop a working hypothesis as...
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...relentless follow-up and assessment (if it works, do more. If not, do something else). 2. Define with examples community oriented policing.. Community policing is a concept that focuses on the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving between law enforcement agencies and individuals within communities that address conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder and fear of crimes. Some examples that are being implemented in today’s communities are Neighborhood Watch programs, non-profit organizations, D.A.R.E (and other inclinations), safe/out houses, crime prevention education and citizens advisory committees. 3. Describe with examples, the four step problem solving system commonly referred to as S.A.R.A. The SARA model contains the following elements: Scanning:...
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...Students Hanging Around Before and After School Shanel J. Paschal Monroe College The Police & the Community Students Hanging around the Neighborhood The purpose of the Community Board is to ensure the city services are accessible to residents, organizations and businesses of the Bronx. Hosting theses regular meetings which are open to the public allow us to acknowledge local concerns. As Commanding Officer Of the 46th Precinct, I’m here to address any quality of life issues in our community. One topic that has frequently come up in recent meetings, that needs to be addressed is students hanging around local businesses and residents before as well as after school. I will discuss possible solutions which will involve parents, residents and local business owners. This way we can resolve the issues that are becoming a problem for our community together. Problem oriented policing (POP); is an initiated introduced by Goldstein. A problem oriented approach does offer assistance to improve police performance. As Goldstein states- "Many of the problems coming to the attention of the Police become their responsibility because no other means has been found to solve them. It follows that expecting the Police to solve or eliminate them is expecting too much."(Goldstein, 1979) Goldstein has made a valuable point to an extent. Whereas the police encounter numerous problems daily and experience many limitations, there are issues that we can exercise great control. There are...
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...clothing. This attracted other homeless to come into the city of Fontana. Homeless were provided many groups that allowed them a free meal every day. The city had the largest amount of resources helping homeless people. The railroads in the city made it an easy access to get to the city. Also, the trucking industry provided transportation and part-time jobs. This helped the homeless but it made the city’s problem worse. Although there were many resources helping the homeless, there wasn’t any that provided them with shelter or housing. This brought the idea of creating a project to get homeless people off the streets. The Department needed a strategy that would reduce the amount of people living on the streets and they did so by using the S.A.R.A. model. This would allow other citizens to live peacefully without having to confront any problems with homeless. It would also help by giving police officers the time to solve other problems happening within the community. Creating this project would provide the officers and community to come together and make a difference within the city. The Department took action and decided that the groups that had already been helping the homeless would be the perfect groups to allow this project to commence. They had an idea of what the homeless want and need. “In late April of 1996, the police department corporal assigned to the project chaired a meeting attended by several community business and church leaders to address this problem. That group...
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...vigorously in order to decrease crime, assist with community needs, and prevent further delinquency. Certain police reforms provide more decision-making power to the individual beat officer, and problem-oriented police gives vast amounts of discretion to them. Problem oriented policing (POP) is a logical way of looking at the problem in policing. The POP reform works to understand and analyze crime and policing tactics to try to prevent the crime or at least manage to slow the frequency of the crime. POP was designed by Herman Goldstein to investigate if old policing tactics effectively stopped crime. It shifts policing to a scientific approach to prevent crime (Braga and Weisburd: 118). The scientific method addressed in POP encompasses the S.A.R.A model. The acronyms for the model stand for scan, analyze, respond, and assessment. It encourages officers to scan to find a problem,...
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